Food and Recipes

 

Food and Dining

  • Food and Recipes
  • Dining
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    This page created by Laura Veal.

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    RESOURCES

    Collections of Recipes

  • Antique Roman Dishes, by Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.
    http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html
    An index of recipes, with suggested substitutions and conversions. This is the most-referred website among other website lists.

  • Food and Dining, by Kentucky Educational Television.
    www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/food
    Many recipes, as well as an effective informative section on Roman food history under "EtCetera."

    Collections of Apicius' writings

  • Famous Romans Ð Apicius (M. Gavius)
    www.dl.ket.org/latin2/historia/people/ apicius/apicius.htm
    A small two-paragraph biography on Apicius.

  • Forum Romanum, by David Camden.
    www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/ literature/caelius_apicius_bio.html
    Has a great indexed e-text resource for De Re Coquinaria, but M. Gavius Apicius was the author!

  • The Latin Library, by William Carey, et al.
    www.thelatinlibrary.com/apicius.html
    De Re Coquinaria M. Gavii Apicii Ð not finished yet, but offers the first 5 books as e-texts.

  • Rare Books Cookery, by Kansas State University<.BR> www.lib.ksu.edu/depts/spec/ rarebooks/cookery/apicius1541.html
    Apicius (1541) - scanned images from the first edition of Apicius, published sometime between 1483 and 1486.

    General Websites on Roman Dining and Cuisine

  • A Taste of the Ancient World, by Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
    www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/ Food/text/Food.html
    Although this website focuses on the eating habits in an Egyptian Roman province, it offers excellent information on farming, food preparation, and dining . . . Roman style.

  • Roman Food Presentation, by R.J. Fernalld.
    www.realm-of-shade.com/sweetlady/ cuisine/page1.html
    Good, basic information, well organized and attractive. I'd suggest this one as the basis of a webquest.

  • Villa Julilla: Food and Drink, by Iulilla Sempronia (alias).
    http://julilla.tripod.com/food.htm
    Has small informational clips about each meal, with excellent images and sample recipes.

  • Primary Sources on Roman Diet, by J. Paul Getty Trust Foundation.
    www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/ Trajan/Lesson5/hand1a.html
    A one-page website including a collection of primary sources references to Roman dining, including Martial, Pliny, and Ovid, and a sample of ApiciusÕ recipes.

  • Roman Food, Drink, and Meals, by Rich Hamper.
    http://home.attbi.com/~rthamper/ html/romanfooddrink.htm
    This webpage contains many informative charts and lists, grouping topics effectively.

  • Latin Wordlist of Assorted Herbs, Spices, Plants, and Miscellaneous Foodstuffs
    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ag151/ latin/herb_index.html
    A very thorough anchored, alphabetized list of important ingredients.

  • Potes Esurire Mecum, by C. A. E. Luschnig.
    http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/luschnig/ owl's/Recipes/8.htm
    an entertaining and very informative paper discussing several facets of Roman dining, including many primary source references.

  • Social Position and Food in the Roman Empire, by Jean Preston.
    http://martin.carthage.edu/outis/food.html
    A college-level student paper, discussing Roman eating among all levels of Roman society, and contains a good collection of links and useful bibliography.

  • The Imperial Fora's official website, by Capitolium.org.
    www.capitolium.org/eng/virtuale/cucina.htm
    Has some basic information with a few sample recipes.

  • Ancient Roman Food, by Lisa Cook.
    www.geocities.com/lcook07/ RomanFood.html
    More basic information, but has a good collection of images of various triclinia and objects from a culina.

  • Windows on Italy: The Italian cuisine: Origins, by R. Albertini.
    www.mi.cnr.it/WOI/tidbits/cooking.html
    A one-page history of Italian food.




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    EXERCISES

  • Quae Romani Gustant
    Important food vocabulary with a quiz.

  • Food Terms
    Look over Luschnig's "Potes esurire mecum," and complete the Roman Food term matching exercise.

  • Cena Romana
    Create your own Roman banquet.

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